The TV actor is upset about his good friend’s fight with the show’s host, Salman Khan, but we wonder if he can do anything about it

All you Bigg Boss 5 fans are aware that Pooja Bedi was banned from the show’s finale even though other eliminated contestants were invited, because of the way she vented her angst with Salman Khan on a micro-blogging site. Pooja was upset that when Salman entered the house to meet the contestants, he was not very kind to her good friend Sky. She alleged on Twitter that Salman’s words had demoralised Sky. Though how she knew that when she was no longer in the house with Sky is beyond us. Anyway, it didn’t go down well with Salman or the channelwallahs and Pooja was banned. Sky, locked up in the house, was totally unaware of his friend’s crusade on his behalf. When informed about it, he said, “Pooja Bedi is a wonderful person. If it is in my capacity, I will definitely try to patch up Pooja and Salman.” Note the keywords “in my capacity”, ’cause both Sky and we know that Salman doesn’t think much of him. He made that very clear onstage during the grand finale. Remember how Sky told Salman that he will understand how difficult it is to stay cooped up in the house only if he did it? And Salman retorted with, “I have lived in an Indian jail, you try that.” That proves that Salman is not going to listen to any entreaties Sky makes on Pooja’s behalf. We know that, Sky knows that and surely, even Pooja knows that. Looks like this is one patch up that’s not likely to happen any time soon.

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Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:13:38 +0000Asha Mahadevanhttp://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=69256

The item girl’s boyfriend proposed to her onstage at the Bigg Boss 5 finale, but left us wondering how real the show actually was

We’ve always had our doubts about reality shows, especially Bigg Boss 5, being not-so-real after all. Either way, you would think that the grand finale will have some sort of realistic feel to it. Sadly, the finale and what happened later simply reaffirmed our suspicions. Mahek Chahal’s long-time boyfriend Danish Khan took this opportunity to propose to her on stage in front of millions of TV viewers. He even went down on one knee! The blushing item girl was thrilled and eagerly accepted his proposal, much to Danish’s delight and the roaring approval of the live audience. So what if she didn’t win the prize money of Rs 1 crore? She had got something much closer to her heart.

When she met the media after the event, that should have been the hot topic of discussion, no? Nope. The statuesque beauty spoke about everything else – Sunny Leone doing Jism 2, Juhi Parmar being a deserving winner “as she was the only one of us who had been in the house for the full 98 days”, her “beautiful time” in the Bigg Boss house, how her friendship with Siddharth Bhardwaj developed after he accepted his mistakes, her wish to forgive and forget Sky over time, the lesson she learnt in the house that “no matter what you say, people will believe what they want to believe”. There was not one line about Danish’s proposal. Even when she discussed her future career plans or the more immediate party plans, she didn’t mention Danish. Was the entire proposal so fake that it had slipped her mind just an hour after it happened? Or did her sorrow about losing the show outweigh the joy? Then there is the other little matter about her contract with Bigg Boss 5. “When I was eliminated, I had got several offers (movie and TV shows), but I told them that my contract with the show was not over and I had to go back inside the house, so once the show ends, only then I can consider the offers,” she said. Does that mean she knew when she was eliminated that she – not Shonali Nagrani, not Lakshmi Tripathi – will be the wild card entrant? Makes you wonder about the reality in the reality show, doesn’t it? We just hope the proposal was genuine and Mahek has really found true love at last.

The three male finalists had a lot to say after the show ended

Bigg Boss 5 may have come to an end, but the fights and the insults are yet to become a distant memory for its three male finalists – Amar Upadhyay who came in fifth, Sky who came in fourth place and second runner-up Siddharth Bhardwaj. Here’s what they had to say about the show and each other individually. And don’t miss the one point on which Sky and Sid actually agree!

On the basic concept of the show:

Sid: The Sid on the show was real – he has emotions, a child who makes mistakes and a matured individual who takes responsibilities for those mistakes. I was the real me on the show. Everyone else was fake on the show, but the people who were the most fake were Pooja Bedi and Amar Upadhyay.

Amar: If Sid says I am fake, it’s his opinion. And why should I be real on the show? It is a game show. Everyone was playing a game, and if they said they were being their real selves, they were lying.

Sky: I just did what I thought was the right thing to do. I was the real me.

On forming relationships with fellow housemates:

Sid: I became very good friends with Mahek (Chahal).

Sky: It is tough to form relationships when you are living with people from different upbringings and mindsets. But I have found a sister in Juhi (Parmar). Pooja Bedi is a wonderful person.

Amar: I was not in Bigg Boss 5 to form relationships. It is a game show, you have to get the others out. If you make friends then what will you do?

On who deserved to win Bigg Boss 5:

Sid: I thought it was between Mahek and me with Mahek having a 70 percent chance and me having a 30 percent chance.

Sky: I am very happy Juhi won. She deserved it. In her win is my win.

Amar: I was shocked when I was out. I never thought anyone else but me would win.

On losing out in the finals:

Sid: More important than winning the show is to win hearts. I have done that.

Sky: More important to win hearts than win the show.

Amar: I am upset but it is God’s wish.

Let us add here that when Siddharth was talking to the media, Sky inadvertently entered the room. Sid stood up and shook hands with Sky. The two even shared a hug and echoed each other’s words with a laugh, “The show is over, man!” Maybe they will forgive and forget?

The actor beat runner up Mahek Chahal to the trophy and the prize money of Rs 1 crore!

Juhi Parmar delighted Kamaal R Khan fans by winning Bigg Boss 5. While the Deshdrohi filmmaker had predicted weeks ago that Juhi would win the show, it was finally made official on Saturday night. Hosts Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt announced that she had received more votes than her fellow finalists – Amar Upadhyay, Sky, Siddharth Bhardwaj and Mahek Chahal. She was also the only contestant out of the five finalists who had stayed in the house for the entire 98 days. While the guys had entered later, Mahek had been eliminated and was out of the house for a couple of weeks till she returned on a wildcard. Juhi was awarded a trophy and a briefcase with Rs 1 crore, albeit lately! After the hosts announced her name as the winner and the congratulations poured in from other contestants, Salman almost signed off till he was reminded about the trophy and the money. He quickly made a joke out of it and handed them over to Juhi. The actor, on her part, thanked her parents, sister, in-laws and even her dog, but forgot to mention her husband Sachin Shroff till she spotted him by the side of the stage. Despite all the bloopers, everyone – including second runner up Siddharth – managed to wrap up the show on a positive note.

The sumo wrestler brings a lot of fun to the Bigg Boss 5 house on Days 90 and 91

As Sunny Leone leaves the house, the final five contestants are happy that they have entered the finals. Bigg Boss gets the men to wrestle the new entrant Yamamotoyama, but all of them get very scared. Siddharth Bhardwaj is given the responsibility of taking care of the wrestler. The two become friends quickly. That evening, Yama sings a Japanese song and soon all the others join him in singing it. They teach him to sing Aati kya Khandala and Salman Khan’s step from Dabangg.

The next day, all the housemates wake up to the classic song Sayonara, which makes Yama very happy. He jumps into the swimming pool and the water splashes out. Amar Upadhyay and Sky make fun of that and claim that it was like a mini tsunami. That afternoon, Yama’s lunch arrives from outside in steel buckets. The entire house is shocked at the amount of food. Later, Yama discusses his love life with the housemates. Sid teases Yama with a red balloon and the two have a lot of fun. That night, Yama’s dinner arrives from outside but Bigg Boss gets the contestants to serve him the food the Indian way. Yama enjoys the special treatment but sweetly asks the others to enjoy their dinner too.

Before they go to bed, Sky and Juhi Parmar taunt Amar on how he is always happy when another contestant has to exit the show.

The Jai and Veeru of Bigg Boss 5 are back to being friends on Day 89

The day begins with the song Lose control hinting to the housemates to live their best in the last week of the show. Siddharth Bhardwaj and Amar Upadhyay start picking on Sky. The two again fool Sky be pretending to have a secret task. Later Siddharth meets Mahek Chahal who complains to him that Amar is spineless and very desperate to win the show. Siddharth in turn is a subject of complain for Amar, who tells Sky that Siddharth is way too aggressive and childish in his behavior. The two discuss how Siddharth has repeatedly lied on the show. Amar tells Sky that he regrets backing Sidharth. Looking at them talking, Sidharth tells Juhi Parmar and Mahek that the ‘Jai and Veeru’ bonding is back.

Amar meets Sid and the latter immediately asks him if he had disclosed any of their discussions to Sky. Amar shoots back that he did not discuss other housemates with Sky. Mahek tells him point blank that he has been two-faced earlier too so it is reasonable that they have doubts about him now. The trio get into a heated argument. Later in the day, Mahek watches the video of her discussing her niece with Juhi. Mahek breaks down and the others console her.

In the evening, Sunny Leone tells Juhi that she has not been able to complete her part of her housework as Sid has not completed his part. Juhi takes up the issue with Sid and soon everyone joins the argument. Finally, Mahek takes Sid to the pink room and calms him down. When Sid comes out of the room, he sees Sunny and Sky doing his part of the house work. He gets even more irritated, but finally he makes dinner instead. Sid also apologises to Juhi, and the two hug each other. However, when Juhi is washing dishes with Amar, she tells him she doesn’t understand Sid’s behavior. Amar tells her it the patch up didn’t really mean anything to Sid and his emotions were just riding high.

After sunset, all the housemates relax in the garden and discuss the events of the day. Juhi tells Sky that he is a good man and she is happy being with him. They also discuss how Sid seems like a good guy only when you don’t know him very well. Juhi tells Sky that if there are any more troubles with Sid, she will just send Sky to deal with him.

The housemates are back to fighting with each other on Day 88 in the Bigg Boss 5 house

Sky starts worrying about how to make Amar Upadhyay and Siddharth Bhardwaj reveal that they have a secret task. He asks Amar if the two of them were up all night working on the task. Meanwhile, Mahek Chahal, Sunny Leone and Juhi Parmar discuss how Mahek is more humorous in her second innings on the show. Juhi says she really likes this lighter side of Mahek while Sunny says she is glad she got a chance to spend time with her. Sunny said she liked Mahek when she watched the show, but because of all the fights happening when she entered the house she didn’t get a chance to talk to Mahek properly.

This time, it’s Sid’s chance to watch a video of his time in the house. He sees a clip of his fight with Sky at 4 am one day. Once the video ends, Sky hugs Sid. The two make fun of the fight, but Mahek argues with Sky over him pushing Sid during the fight. She is irritated as Sky had claimed during Pooja Misrra’s eviction (for pushing Sid) that Mahek too had been violent and had pushed Mandeep Belvi during an argument. Sid joins in, but Sky laughs it off. Sky taunts Mahek about her friendship with Salman Khan and then cribs about Mahek to Juhi and Sunny. He tells them that Mahek was quiet when she came back but is now back to her old self. The two women agree and tell him what they had been discussing earlier in the day.

Siddharth follows Sky outside the house and asks him if he is sorry for pushing him during the task. Sky tells him he is apologetic for hurting everybody during all his fights. Mahek is still upset over what Sky had done to her on the show and cribs about him to Sid and Amar. She then goes to the garden and makes it clear to Sky that she will resolve their argument outside the house once the show ends.

In the evening, Amar complains about Sid to Sky, Juhi and Sunny and tells them that after watching the video he has realised how clueless Sid has been throughout the show. At the same time, Sid tells Mahek in the garden that she should not trust Amar as he will do everything he can to win the show. Later, Amar and Siddharth come up with a fake secret task just to fool Sky. The three men laugh over it, but it doesn’t allay Sky’s suspicion that there really is a secret task.

Day 87 is a surprisingly calm day in the Bigg Boss 5 house

The day begins with the Tunak tunak song which has the two Punjabi housemates – Mahek Chahal and Sunny Leone starting a conversation. They discuss Sunny’s extended family who live in a remote part of Punjab. Later in the day, Amar Upadhyay, Siddharth Bhardwaj and Mahek speculate on who will be eliminated. The three also discuss Sky and claim he has lost his bulky physique after entering the house so he will definitely use steroids to regain it once he’s out. Later Sunny tells Sky how she used to watch all the fights before she entered the show, and how Pooja Misrra remained composed throughout all the fights.

Bigg Boss gives the housemates a chance to watch one of their moments in the house. Amar gets to watch his fight with Pooja Misrra over bangles. After watching the clip, Amar gets upset about the fight and apologises to everyone for all his fights with them. He says he agrees with Salman Khan’s observation that the fights are silly. He feels awkward after his apology and goes away to the garden. Sky follows him and says all of them have done similar things and there is no need to feel awkward.

Sky talks to Mahek, Amar and Siddharth how Juhi Parmar’s statements about him being insulted too many times had triggered his wish to leave the show the previous weekend. Mahek tells Sky that everything that happens on the show is fair and there is no bias for or against any contestant.

In the evening, Juhi watches a clip about her jail task. Sky gets the feeling that Amar and Siddharth have received a secret task and he passes on his suspicion to Juhi before everyone goes to bed.

Juhi and Sky talk to Bigg Boss as Mahek makes her grand reentry into the house

No contestant was evicted this weekend, and that really did not go down well with Juhi Parmar, Sky and Sunny Leone. They cribbed and cried, and finally a frustrated Sky claimed he doesn’t want to be a part of the show anymore. So Bigg Boss calls him into the confession room and persuades him to stay back. That night, all the housemates decorate the house and celebrate Christmas. Amar Upadhyay and Siddharth Bhardwaj are celebrating in the garden and Sunny wants to go there too, but she is uncomfortable to do so without Juhi and Sky.

The next morning, on Christmas, a Santa arrives, wakes up and gives them gifts. Santa takes off her mask and reveals it is actually Mahek Chahal. Siddharth is happiest to see her, but it causes more trouble between Amar and Sky. Amar had told Sky a few days back how Mahek had told him that Sky had been violent with his ex-girlfriend. Now that Mahek is back, Sky confronts her and realizes that Amar has lied to him. He threatens Amar that if he doesn’t apologise, he will reveal Amar’s secrets to the other housemates. Amar then apologises to Sky.

All the housemate try to ask Mahek what the viewing public has to say about them. Mahek doesn’t reveal anything, but she does tell Amar and Siddharth what she thinks of Juhi, Sky and Sunny. Meanwhile, since Juhi is irritated, Bigg Boss calls her to the confession room and talks to her. Juhi tells Sky and Sunny what Bigg Boss told her and finally returns to her happy mood. She hugs Amar and Siddharth, apologises to them and wishes them a merry Christmas. Late evening, Juhi, Sunny and Sky laugh over all that happened during the day.

The two fight it out on Day 82 in the Bigg Boss house

The day begins on a positive note. Sunny Leone and Sky chat happily while Siddharth Bhardwaj and Amar Upadhyay discuss how the two of them have been playing games lately. Later, the five discuss Amar and Juhi Parmar’s dance from the previous day. Sky taunts Amar by asking the women if they thought Amar’s dance was desperate. Amar shoots back that obviously the girls will agree, adding that Juhi, Sky and Sunny share a good chemistry. Sky doesn’t stop his joke. When he and Amar have to play with telephones as part of their task, he again asks Amar what he would do if he wins the finale and tries to pull him down even more.

The rest of the day, Amar tries to avoid Sky, but the latter keeps following him around. When Amar refuses to sit and chat with Sky, he tells Amar that the Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi actor should chat only with Siddharth all day long. Amar doesn’t reply to that. In the afternoon, Amar enters the pink room and sees Sky chatting with the girls. On seeing Amar, Sky tells the girls that Amar thinks they are weaklings, but Amar shoots back that Sky is the one who has disrespected the women the most. Sky asks Juhi and she agrees with him. Angry, Amar accuses Sky of creating unnecessary drama and walks out.

Siddharth tries to talk to Amar about it but the latter does not open up to him. In the evening, the three guys have a lively discussion in the garden. Sky behaves as if he has forgotten the drama of the afternoon, which leaves Juhi confused.